Bangladesh’s UN moment must become more than a speech
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Building stronger institutions is key to post-LDC growth
29 September 2026
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Is our fiscal system addressing inherited inequality?
29 September 2026
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Invest in wetlands for growth and resilience
29 September 2026
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Opinion
How public schools can protect children from extreme heat
29 September 2026
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Media reform and journalism protection law can help counter disinformation
28 September 2026
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The answer to children’s online risks is not a social media ban
28 September 2026
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AI’s hidden water cost, and why it matters
28 September 2026
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Opinion
World Tourism Day / As tourism changes, let’s not lose sight of why we travel
27 September 2026
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Opinion
Pathways to the downfall of a regime
The erosion in the credibility of the Sheikh Hasina regime did not begin in July 2024.
23 April 2025
The role that the financial sector can play to combat climate change
The theme for this year is “Our Power, Our Planet.”
22 April 2025
Five climate action reforms that are doable
No space for Climate change in the ongoing reform debates but actions are needed.
22 April 2025
The many benefits of diversifying Bangladesh's capital market
The lack of product diversification in Bangladesh's capital market limits its growth and sustainability.
22 April 2025
The Earth as a bank and its ‘defaulters’
The planet, these ecosystems, they try to work with us.
22 April 2025
Policy choices for Bangladesh amid rising gas prices
From the perspective of attracting FDI, the gas price hike poses a significant challenge.
22 April 2025
Reforms vs elections? A false choice for an aspiring democracy
One cannot claim to be anti-Hasina while displaying the same defining characteristics as our former prime minister.
21 April 2025
Does the K2-18b exoplanet really have alien life, or is it merely an illusion?
While the discovery made by JWST is undeniably a “revolutionary moment” for us, it is not an Archimedes-type “eureka” moment.
21 April 2025
No alternative to financial reforms for IMF loan
IMF left Bangladesh without any decision on the release of next tranches of a loan.
21 April 2025
The reform process and its discontents
The interim government seems either unwilling or unable to unite the parties around vital reforms.
21 April 2025
Singapore in 10 years?: BIDA chairman’s optimism vs economic reality
Bangladesh need not be like Singapore right now. Rather, it needs to understand how a country like Vietnam has been accelerating its pace of development.
21 April 2025
How the weight of systemic issues weigh women down
The gender wage gap persists across industries.
20 April 2025
Economic lessons from the tariff war
Our understanding of tariffs might not be complete.
20 April 2025
Deaths in the Mediterranean: Bangladesh's aspirations and Europe’s contradictions
Bangladesh's success and deaths of our migrants in sea depict two realities.
20 April 2025
Bangladeshi universities need to bring in top talent
Perhaps the most profound obstacle to effective faculty recruitment is the overall academic environment in Bangladesh.
20 April 2025
Navigating the US-China-India triangular labyrinth
Foreign policy challenges for Bangladesh’s new political party
20 April 2025
Are Bangladeshis anti-Indian?
To understand the recent surge of so-called anti-Indian views among Bangladeshis, we need to examine the misrule that shipwrecked their country.
19 April 2025
When will women be safe?
The responses painted a bleak and unsettling picture.
19 April 2025
The sorry state of our green passports
Bangladeshi passports are ranked among the weakest in the world.
19 April 2025
Stop scapegoating the curriculum
The curriculum obsession is a misdiagnosis of our educational ailments.
19 April 2025